Fortification

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) views the area atop Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. Truman visited the Fort during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hat and binoculars) and his party leave the Fort Jefferson National Historic Site at Dry Tortugas, Florida. President Truman visited Dry Tortugas during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

The guide points out a rusted 16 inch cannon to President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and party while visiting Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. Truman visited the Fort while on vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and his party on a tour of the Fort Jefferson National Monument, Mr. Gibbs, custodian, conducting. Truman and his party traveled to the Fort on Dry Tortugas while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

Fort Jefferson National Monument, Dry Tortugas, Florida. President Harry S. Truman and his party visited the Fort during his vacation in Key West. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

View of Truman Beach from the top of Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida. This photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West.

Aerial photograph of Fort Knox, Kentucky, location of the U. S. gold depository.

The main gate of Fort Lewis, "Home of the Saints", located in Washington state.

A corner of Fort Taylor at Key West, Florida with a helicopter in the distance. The Fort is near Key West, Florida, where President Harry S. Truman vacationed.

Distant view of the Taj Mahal from the balcony of the Agra Fort located in Agra, India. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party.